Stair-rod



(No Model.)

J. GRZYBOWSKI.

STAIR ROD.y

No. 250,660. Patented Dec. 13,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIAN GRZYBOWSKI, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

STAlR-ROD.

srEcIFIcATIoN forming part of'Letters Patent No. 250,660, dated December v13, 1881.

Application iledMay4, 1881. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it; known that I, JULIAN GRzYBowsKI, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Stair-Rods, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of stair-rods, whereby they may be adj usted to the width of the stairs upon which they may be employed; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and operation of the parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a face plan of my improved stairrod, and Fig. 2 is a detached view of the pieces composing my stair rod.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents my improved stair-rod, and it is composed of three sections, a a and b, the two former being the end sections and the latter the center section.

In applying this stair-rod to the stairs, the center section is secured to each step, about the center of the width, and is fastened by a screw or screws, c, which passes through the stair-carpet into the step.. The end sections, a, are then inserted under the ends of the section b, and are likewise secured by a screw or screws, d. These end sections can readily be adjusted for wide or narrow steps, and so that the screws will not pass through the carpet, if

so desired.

By this construction I produce a stair-rod which will be economical in construction, and that can be employed upon stairs ot different width.

I am aware that it is not new to make stairrods adjustable in length, and therefore I do not broadly claim such invention.

What I claim as my invention is- As a new article of manufacture, a stair-rod consisting of three members, a a and b, the center member, b, being rigidly fastened to the steps, and forming a means of adjustably securing the inner ends 0f the members a a, substantially as described.

JULIAN GRZYBOWSKI.

Witnesses H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SCULLY. 

